Originally Posted by
Len S
... Getting these tires off was EXTREMELY difficult and required 3-4 spoons working together. Indeed I ended up installing several inner tubes because of spoon pinching causing leaks....
Spoons? Do you mean tire levers or are you using actual spoons from the kitchen? Tire levers don't puncture the tire tubes. And it's normal to use three levers to remove the tire from the rim.